[DeTomaso] NPC -NPC - Earmark fallacy

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Which is why bills should be single purpose actions and why Presidents need
line item veto power.  Add term limits and a constitutional requirement for
a balanced budget.   Michael Shortt
On Nov 19, 2010 5:10 PM, "Lynn Wall" <cars at wt-inc.com> wrote:
> Wrong
>
> The problem with ear marks is NOT the dollars of the ear marks, they are
> minor. It is that the leaders of BOTH parties use it as an enticement to
> get fellow members of congress to vote for bills that would otherwise not
be
> attractive. Period. THOSE bills are the problems.
>
> The "Louisiana purchase" was nothing more that a large ear mark. The
> senator was NOT going to vote for the healthcare bill until she was
bought.
> Harry Reid waved a cool 100 mill in front of her and bingo. She changed
her
> vote. A 100 MILL is nothing when compared to the 900 BILL the bill will
> actually cost.
>
> 100 billion dollar bills are being passed that might not otherwise pass
> because the leaders are able to bribe senators with 10 million dollar
> earmarks for proctology studies on farting cows.
>
> The loss of the ability to manipulate senators with these bribes and
> therefore require that bills actually be scrutinized is what the leaders
are
> really afraid of.
>
> This is a problem with both parties.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
> Behalf Of Larry Finch
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:24 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC -NPC - Earmark fallacy
>
>
>
>
> Just banning Federal government budget earmarks will not save any money.
>
> None.
>
> This from a Republican Senator, the Concord Coalition,Taxpayers for Common
> Sense,
> and the libertarian Cato Institute.
>
> All the political blathering about how stopping earmarks will somehow help

> reduce government spending is just one more example of how a well-selected
> buzzword campaign is just empty rhetoric designed to appeal to emotions,
> without injecting any new facts to facilitate a rational discussion.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/earmark-fallacy
>
> Larry
>
>
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